Booklist for Middle Grades

Fiction

BR15369 Varjak Paw by S.F. Said
BR16710 The Outlaw Varjak Paw by S.F. Said
DB41291 and BR01425 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
DB75687 and BR19679 The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
DB99881 and BR23218 The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
DB80753 and BR20592 Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
DB57805 and BR15300 The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
DB54845 and BR14469 Coraline by Neil Gaiman
DB74273 The Cheshire Cheese Cat: a Dickens of a Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy
DB62599 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
DB97511 Snazzy Cat Capers by Deanna Kent
DB101457 A Whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry
DB95377 A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry
DB69280 and BR18654 The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
DB28256 and BR16371 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
DB94669 The Line Tender by Kate Allen
DBC00355 Fight for Life by Laurie Halse Anderson
DB61516 Whittington by Alan W. Armstrong
DB58007 Lionboy by Zizou Corder
DB85995 Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar
DB65941 Ferret Island by Richard W. Jennings
DB93684 My Life is a Zoo trilogy by Jess Keating
DB99828 Lila and Hadley by Kody Keplinger
DB54904 Spider Sparrow by Dick King-Smith
BR18596 Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen
DB67889 and BR18567 The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
DB50679 and BR12917 and BR16130 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
DB79921 and BR20539 Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
DB90883 Granted by John David Anderson
DB98288 Lety Out Loud by Angela Cervantes
DB58398 The Cat who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
DB94323 Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech
DB89193 Saving Marty by Paul Griffin
DB60787 A Dog’s Life: the Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin
DB70000 Everything for a Dog by Ann M. Martin
DB97011 Stay by Bobbie Pyron
DB86245 Time Traveling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
BR11523 Stranded by Ben Mikaelsen
BR18976 The Song of the Whales by Uri Orlev
DB51192 Kite by Melvin Burgess
DB57533 Saving the Planet and Stuff by Gail Gauthier
DBC03853 Going to the Sun: Glacier National Park: Adventures with the Parkers by Mike Graf
DB88513 The End of the Wild by Nicole Lea Helget
DB46211 Someone to Love by Francess Lin Lantz
DB68670 The Big Game of Everything by Chris Lynch
DB47965 Standing Up to Mr. O. by Claudia Mills
DB55713 Over the Edge by Gloria Skurzynski
DB43377 Thunder Cave (Jacob Lansa #1) by Roland Smith
DB49375 Jaguar (Jacob Lansa #2) by Roland Smith
DB52654 The Last Lobo (Jacob Lansa #3) by Roland Smith

Non-Fiction

BR19609 The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O’Connell and Donna M. Jackson
BR10475 The Book of North American Owls by Helen Roney Sattler
BR01426 Partners, Guests, and Parasites: Coexistence in Nature by Hilda Simon
DB21765 and BR05775 Vampire Bats by Laurence Pringle
DB48280 The Place of Lions by Eric Campbell
DB72845 The Bat Scientists by Mary Kay Carson
DB39567 An Elephant Never Forgets Its Snorkel: How Animals Survive without Tools and Gadgets by Lisa Gollin Evans
DB55293 Animal Aviators: Masters of Flight by E.H. Iverson
DB38770 Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl
DB70022 Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: an Expedition among Snow Leopards in Mongolia by Sy Montgomery
DB67844 The Puzzle of the Platypus: and Other Explorations of Science in Action by Jack Myers
DB19584 Album of Reptiles by Tom McGowen
DB22450 Wolfman: Exploring the World of Wolves by Laurence Pringle
BR10767 Nearer Nature by Jim Arnosky
BR18420 Wild Animals in Captivity by Rob Laidlaw
BR09470 Can the Whales Be Saved? Questions about the Natural World and the Threats to its Survival by Philip Whitfield
DB63782 A Whale Biologist at Work by Sneed B. Collard
DB72717 Saving the Baghdad Zoo: a True Story of Hope and Heroes by Kelly Milner Halls and William Sumner
DB70072 Extreme Scientists: Exploring Nature’s Mysteries from Perilous Places by Donna M. Jackson
DB30812 Rachel Carson by Marty Jezer
DB70197 Rachel Carson: Fighting Pesticides and Other Chemical Pollutants by Patricia Lantier
DB85863 The Great White Shark Scientist by Sy Montgomery
DBC05152 Temple Grandin: how the Girl who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery and Temple Grandin
DB86621 BRidge to the Wild: Behind the Scenes at the Zoo by Caitlin O’Connell
DB48123 Science by Diane Lindsey Reeves
DB62038 Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes by Pamela S. Turner
DB52714 My Season with Penguins: an Antarctic Journal by Sophie Webb
BR19060 Protecting the Planet: Environmental Activism by Pamela Dell
DB72406 The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe by Loree Griffin Burns
DB98372 Bugs in Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles by Mark Kurlansky
DB96575 Gandhi for Kids: his Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities by Ellen Voelckers Mahoney
BR13242 Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: a Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews by Ann Bausum
BR20094 Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature’s Undead by Rebecca L. Johnson
BR12642 Exploding Ants: Amazing Facts about how Animals Adapt by Joanne Settel
DB83088 Smart and Spineless: Exploring the Invertebrate Intelligence by Ann Downer
DB89502 Unstoppable: True Stories of Amazing Bionic Animals by Nancy Furstinger
DB86034 Masters of Disguise: Amazing Animal Tricksters by Rebecca L. Johnson
DB98381 Nature’s Ninja: Animals with Spectacular Skills by Rebecca L. Johnson
DB83888 When Lunch Fights Back: Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses by Rebecca L. Johnson
DB63741 Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: an Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea by Sy Montgomery
DB67844 The Puzzle of the Platypus: and other Explorations of Science in Action by Jack Myers
DB72615 Here There Be Monsters: the Legendary Kracken and the Giant Squid by H.P. Newquist
DB66472 Letters from Wolfie by Patti Sherlock
DB28924 Nature’s Living Lights: Fireflies and Other Bioluminescent Creatures by Alvin Silverstein
DB51603 Life without Light: a Journey to Earth’s Dark Ecosystems by Melissa Stewart